Area 320

Your chance to shape your own destiny.

Innovation & entrepreneurship. Awards. Grants. Collaborations. Professional connections.

Area 320 aims to supply students with technical and business skills, in order that students can apply those skills to their own innovations and entrepreneurial aspirations. Area 320's aim is to also find mentors within ISHCMC or within the business community.

Area 320 is open to all students, grades 6-12. 

2023

02 April

Zayed Sustainability Prize (from the founding father of Dubai)

Propose and develop your student-led project for sustainability.

Apply to the Zayed Prize for up to $100k to make your project a reality.

One school in South-East Asia is guaranteed to win! Let's make sure it's ISHCMC that wins! The winner will get a free flight and accommodation to Abu Dhabi, and free access to COP28, the biggest Sustainability event in the world which is visited by presidents and celebrities.

If you win the Prize, you will go into ISHCMC legend, as any organisation can only win once in its lifetime.

Complete this form to apply and check this presentation. 

Visit the Zayed Sustainability Award website for more info.

2023.
March

The MYP Innovation Award. 

This award has had its name changed to The Dr Siva Kumari MYP Innovators' Grant. 

The award is anticipated to open in March 2023. It is for students in Grade 9 and 10.

The Award is free to enter. 

For initiatives that aim to have a sustainable social impact.

Social impact case studies can be seen here: https://www.cemex.com/sustainability/social-impact/stories-and-practices . The following slides are only visible to students at ISHCMC school. Please log in using your school email. 

MYP Innovators Award

2023.
April

The Breakthrough Junior Challenge is an international award. It is backed by The Khan Academy and other institutions. It is open to individual students only, and groups can not enter.

The Award is free to enter. 

Choose your own innovation:

Anticipated announcements will be around 01-April 2023.

Derek Havelock will provide support to all students who are interested in applying for this challenge. 

Support is given on Thursdays and Fridays, at 3.20pm in room 504.

2023. 

Every Friday

3.20 - 4.30pm

3D hub

3D Design and 3D Printing.

Join this club to practise your skills:

Location: ISHCMC. Room 504

Day: Fridays.

Time: 15.20 - 16.30

Start: 03 March 2023

Duration: Ongoing

2023. 

March - June

The BIM Factory.

https://www.the-bimfactory.com/unreal-engine-courses 

BIM are training ISHCMC students for FREE.

This is an incredible opportunity to learn a professional skill with the only authorised Unreal Engine trainers in Vietnam. No other school has this opportunity!

https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/learn-unreal-engine-5-fast-with-these-new-courses.

Location: ISHCMC (Room 504).

Day: Saturdays.

Time: 09.00 - 11.00.

Start: 25-March, 2023

Duration: 10 sessions. 

Ongoing. 

Area 320 Incubator. 

Every Thurs & Fri at 3.20-4.30

Area 320 Incubator

This initiative is run by Derek Havelock. Students aged 13-18 are welcome to join.

The Incubator is free to enter. 

The ISHCMC incubator will meet in room 504 every Friday, from 3.20 - 4.30pm.  Students are welcome to bring any project of innovation or entrepreneurship.  Projects can be science, digital, mathematical or any other subject. 

There are a small number of mentors in the school who will be occasionally available to support your ideas. 

ISHCMC Incubator aims to help you develop your project so that you can prepare it for market, for a Kickstarter, for an international award, or so that you can sell it as a design or idea.  Or perhaps you just want to chill and enjoy your project. 

Ongoing. 

Every Thurs & Fri at 3.20-4.30

The Thiel Fellowship (an alternative to University entrance). 

https://thielfellowship.org/ 

The Thiel Fellowship grant is free to enter. Apply here. 

The Thiel Fellowship gives $100,000 to young people (under the age of 22) who want to build new things instead of sitting in a university classroom.

"The hardest thing about being a young entrepreneur is that you haven’t met everyone you’ll need to know to make your venture succeed. The Thiel Fellowship can help connect you — to investors, partners, prospective customers — in Silicon Valley and beyond."

"Some Thiel Fellows are programmers, but others have started nonprofits, created consumer products, launched media companies, and built hardware. We look to support young people who want to bring their ideas to the world."

Ongoing

Every Thurs & Fri at 3.20-4.30

Instructables run 1 or more light weight contests every month. 

This prize is free to enter.

Prizes range between $100 - $1000. Every prize is given as an Amazon Voucher. 

Participants must carry out the challenge that Instructables release. The challenge is to create something (it's different every month) and to show readers how to do the challenge.

More information here: https://www.instructables.com/contest/ 

Students are welcome to use the Area 320 Incubator every Thursday and Friday. Please be aware that every Thursday specific training is being given on a variety of topics. If you don't want to participate in the training, then that's fine, but you must not disturb those who are there for the training.

2022.
01 November

& 

2023. 

01 November

The Keeling Curve Prize.

The prize is free to enter.

You can visit the Keeling Curve Prize at The Global Warming Mitigation Project. 

The Keeling Curve Prize is looking for projects with a proven track record of taking greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. They have developed five categories, each one addressing a specific sector of climate innovation.

Two prizes are awarded in each category. Each prize is $25k. There are 5 categories:

Note: your project must be ready for immediate activation in order to be successful.

Interested students are encouraged to use Area 320 Incubator to prepare for the next Keeling Prize in 2023, as there is substantial preparation to do to get ready for this prize.

The Keeling Curve prize is planning to increase the size of the awards in 2023. The prize for 2022 projects is presently $25k. 

2023.
13-Oct > 30-Nov

The Earth Prize registration will open in Oct 2023. 

The Earth Prize is an international prize for teenage students, 13-18 years of age, to drive change towards sustainability. 

You must register at: https://www.theearthprize.org/registration 

Register your teacher as "Derek Havelock" Email: derekhavelock@ishcmc.edu.vn. You can choose other mentors in school at a later date. 

The top 50 finalists are given international recognition by The Earth Prize.

The winner will receive $50k.

The Award is free to enter. 

2023. 

01-Oct > 13-Oct

The Conrad Challenge.

The Conrad Challenge is an international competition in innovation and entrepreneurship.

You must activate your registration before 13-Oct 2022.

If you are a student between the ages of 13-18, you can become an entrepreneur and make new friends by applying science, technology and innovation to solve problems with global impact. 

Registration is free. However, the Conrad Challenge asks for a fee of $499 per team to submit innovations. 

Please come to Room 504 on Thursday 06-Oct for support and information. 

ISHCMC Incubator Presentations

In partnership with RMIT university. 

Celebrating students with innovative and entrepreneurial projects. 

Students aged 13-18 are invited to enter and present their projects to a panel of judges. 

Judges of the Forum use several criteria to assess the projects:


Further Information

Presentations will take place in April or May 2023. The exact date will be known in Semester 2. 

For further information, please contact Area 320's Curator, Derek Havelock: 


Derek Havelock - derekhavelock@ishcmc.edu.vn